A California Supreme Court justice looks at law and society, 1964-1996 : oral history transcript / Allen E. Broussard
Creator
Broussard, Allen E, Interviewee
Contributor
Broussard, Allen E, Interviewee Morris, Gabrielle, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1997
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, Calif : Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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Description
Allen Broussard discusses growing up in Louisiana, and later attending Law School at Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley. He talks about his law practice, building a political base, and working with the NAACP, Bay Area African American political leaders, and his service on the Oakland Municipal Court, Alameda Superior Court, and the California Supreme Court, including work with the Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts. He closes with a discussion of his retirement Part of the African American Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Supplementary material: 3 volumes: 1991-92 Public hearings on racial & ethnic bias in theCalifornia state court system (1993); Fairness in the California state courts (1993); and, Racial and ethnic composition of the California trial courts (1995) This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Advisory Committee on Race and Gender in the California Courts African American lawyers--California--Interviews African Americans--California--Oakland Lawyers--California--Oakland--Interviews Discrimination in justice administration--California
Place
Oakland, (Calif.). Municipal Court California Superior Court (Alameda County) Supreme Court
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